Monday, August 16, 1999
Principal's ideas on radio
Lazares developed discipline model
The Cincinnati Enquirer
LEBANON — Educator and author John Lazares will be featured on a nationally syndicated radio show at 7:30 a.m. today. America Good Morning ... The Diner Show is on the Talk America Radio Network and reaches an audience of 10 million people, said host Phil Paleologos.
The show is not broadcast in the Cincinnati area, but residents can get a live simulcast via the Internet by accessing dinershow.com or talkamerica.com, he said.
Mr. Lazares of Maineville is the author of the recently published Please Don't Call My Mother: An Administrative Philosophy and Parental Intervention Plan That Works.
He was contacted for the show, which is broadcast from a diner in New Bedford, Mass., because of his “innovative idea as to how to rescue our youngsters from drowning,” Mr. Paleologos said.
“Our schools that are not making the grade need to have some innovative ideas, like John's introduced to them,” Mr. Paleologos said. “The parental involvement idea is one whose time has come.”
Mr. Lazares, an educator for 25 years, is superintendent of the Warren County Educational Service Center.
In the past 10 years, he's also been superintendent of Norwood City Schools and Kings Local School District and last year launched the Warren County Alternative Center.
The book evolved from a discipline technique Mr. Lazares used as principal at Hamilton's Wilson Junior High School in 1987. It grabbed national attention because parents who spent a day or two in class saved their children from three- or five-day suspensions.
That attention, including a segment on NBC Nightly News, led to about 20,000 letters from people wanting to know more about Mr. Lazares' programs.
Mr. Lazares — with help from Coleen Armstrong, a Hamilton High School English teacher — spent much of three years writing about his experiences and the importance of parental intervention.
The 52-page book uses humor and anecdotes and addresses student discipline; parental involvement; school management; public relations as a tool; and student, teacher and parental morale.
“We'll probably have him come back at a future date,” Mr. Paleologos said. “His idea is simple, yet innovative.”
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